RT Article
T1 Extending the General Theory of Crime to “The East:” Low Self-Control in Japanese Late Adolescents
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 20
IS 3
SP 189
OP 216
A1 Vazsonyi, Alexander Thomas 1964-
A1 Clifford Wittekind, Janice E.
A1 Belliston, Lara M.
A1 Van Loh, Timothy D.
A2 Clifford Wittekind, Janice E.
A2 Belliston, Lara M.
A2 Van Loh, Timothy D.
LA English
YR 2004
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/176428044X
AB This study examined the measurement of low self-control as well as the low self-control-deviance relationship in a sample of N = 335 Japanese late adolescents. Participants completed the Grasmick et al. low self-control instrument and the Normative Deviance Scale (NDS). Findings indicated that the low self-control measure was a valid and reliable indicator of low self-control among male and female Japanese late adolescents and that it was multi-dimensional. Furthermore, the study provided evidence that low self-control was consistently related to diverse measures of deviance, ranging from trivial to more serious norm-violating behaviors (e.g., assault). Finally, in a series of comparisons of partial unstandardized regression coefficients between Japanese and U.S. late adolescents, the study found that the low self-control-deviance relationship was invariant across all measures of deviance with the exception of alcohol use. Findings are discussed in terms of their importance for cross-cultural/cross-national predictions made by the General Theory of Crime.
K1 Cross-national
K1 Cross-cultural
K1 Delinquency
K1 Deviance
DO 10.1023/B:JOQC.0000037731.28786.e3